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New-York tribune., 1887-04-15
THE PETROLEUM MARKET.

NEWS FROM THE FIELD AND RANGE OF PRICES.
The crudo certificate speculation drifting It'll further
duness Yesterdays borered upon sagnaton
and the variation OF prices less than y cent The close
at tho lowest points Of the day but the market was too
dull TO possess Significance.
Taking text the real estate "boom" in the West and
South Watson ellison have issued special circular urging
the Chicago Board OF Trade to Introduce dealings In
ocr TO prevent capital that negects the standard
modes IRON gong into real estate speculation Tho circu
lar sets forth the many adyana OF the Consolidated stock
AMI Petroleum Exchange In aoring facilities for arbitrage
tho Chicago brokers seek to retain tho pecu
lativc movement in their Board OF Trade.
The OF prices and the total dealings In crude cer
tifcacs tho Consolidated Exchange were as follows
Opening ............ C4ss Lowcst.............. 64b
Highest u . FINAL n "a =
Refined oil was steady at G's cents per gallon.
on. CRY. Penn. April 1a.-crude oiL-Natioah Transit
Ccrdcaes opened "a In closol At Gia highest Drc,
G41 lowest GA sales 900 barrels clIrtDrL 1l537
barrels cearaucos. 750,OoO barrels shipments C3 iOo
barrels; runs. - barrels
PIrrsBURG. Penn. April l4.-Cruie oh-Porol cum dull
but firm. National Transit Certhcates openei at 64Ss
aud closed at "a =; highest price, Gi's lowest "
TIrUsyILLE Penn. April 4Satoii Transit Certificates
opened 64 and closed at 6i2 hshs,. prics G47s low
e q Di2
New-York tribune., 1887-04-15

REob iRiNd PAYMEST OF AssEssM ENTs THEREIN
LAID.
Public notice hereby given by the Comptroller Of tho
CITY OF TO section OF chapter 2li Of
he 1888 amending previous statutes OF tho con-
Tmaion 1896 Of Report Of the
OF United States for the appointment Of Conmssoners
pursuant to chapter 47 Of the Laws q 1879 as or
the Harlem River and spnyten Dnyv Creek iro the Norh
peaIs having been taken to Of the Supreme
Court from the order Of confirmation entered az spcca
ss ss OH Gn day e july ss %s, appeals
and the same were tho l7h day Of February
inc SAID Appeals was iod in the said Comptroller
10Th day OF February and approved ey the
Tine abstract OF he filed n
s sas & @ a 9s % FL s X s5
IN the bureau Of the Clerk q 4frea N hs C,y y 81
as SSns Of on
pursuance provisions OF said section OF chapter
70 paid IN the .Gs S Of the said G0%prOsI
thirty days from the day March 1857 without
eres and The same are not pd within w % ninety asy vii ieIs %
taken tho enforcement and collection OF the the pro
vSn q . nS, atp;s Ssd Ssf hy Ss:
eight per centum aDnum shall accrue and oS
hs . rS % the ns Ss S
from the time sad report Of assessment Is ,or
Rscor %"sh Of ss% The Clerk
Aresrs to wiz the 2l:t day Of March ss the s.9
sdr the soeet,on q unpaid sssosments Such warrant
r q ssnsac T.: c y ,s ss
shal command the Sheriff TO collect from the per
from them respectively with interest at the rate Q,
.pors Of toS
to the ,na pfnSr ohw
City Of Neyycsk Finance Department. c0mptr0or' once
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financial.

PPARENTLY yielding to pressure, the di-
N rectors ST. Louis and San Francisco Hallway
Company today unanimously VOTED III AT THE PRES
ENT EARNINGS IL CONTINUED. INDICATE that the
Company would position TO pay dividends upon
its preferred stock" -,
will be noticed that this resolution does pledge the
present management 10 any policy and we caution STOCK
holders against givin them their proxies.
E L. OPPENHEfM CO.. 81 and So New-st
New-York. April IA 1897.
TO THE HOLDERS OF UNION PACIFIC RY. CO.
sOUTHERN BRANCH 1ST MORTGAGE BONDS.
NEw-YoRK April IA, 1887.
Tho undersigned proposals for 10 days for the
sale Thousand Dollars tS500OO OF Union Pacific Rail
way Company Branch First Mortgage Bonds or
may bo sent OF H. b. Henson, Secre
tary. lV5 Broadway, New-York CITY. ~
'' RUSSELL SAGE.
GEO. J. GOULD.
Trustees.
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OELAwARE. LACKAWANNA and WEST

Tw wEEN NEw.Y0KK AND BUsfALo LiaHTNiNa
EXPRESS rRAINa NO DUST ALWAYS ON TIME
PULLMAN PALACE DAY AND sLEkPIN0 COACH ESs
pepcts In New York foot Of Barclay and ste
for Water Gap strolisbnrg scranton Bingh.nton Emira
Bath. Buffalo, Syracuse, 0rccue Oxf0r Norwich
Utica connect at Scranton for Pttston wkos6arrc
vile and Northamberiad at owcgo for Ithaca and ntcrme
dato stations.
p m. Ringhamton and Elmra Express Tor Water osp
Scranton Bnghamton and Eira connects &c scra-
ton Tor Ptston. Kingston. WiIkesbaIro &c.
pm. Daily Bunalo Limited Express ior strondsoars.
Scranton Bnghamton, Owego, Elmira C0rnng hath. Way
land. BuifAlo dc. arriving IN Bufraio u ~ = m. ...
Daly Buffalo and Oswe10 Express for Strounsouss
scranton Bnghamton cortandt syracuse Osweso 1ssn -
Oogo and intermediate stxti0ns oxcept ossuSs
days Buffalo with trains for all points
Tcketa aud baggage checked It 2So N"
at Wescott Express oincea In NJw.York aud hrook4n
New-York tribune., 1887-04-15

A -RONDOUT and KINGSTON. landing a
boro. Milton PoushfespsIe and Esopss sonn:ct!.s MlA
railroads steamers City Of Kingston aud James W, Ba'
every day % m pier foot Of Hsrrfson se
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WEST SHORE RAILROAD.

Trains loave wcst 42st station follows vi III nlaas
earlier from foot OF Iay-st, North Rvor
Detroit and Chicago sg:55 IN. .I;05 -S;lJ p n.
Uuca Syracn:c, RaSaio Rochester. Suspension Bridge
Niagara Fatls, Bib. iDS5 a IN. .6:O3. .sl5
.7:iS. .0sS 1856 m. 4.OO DOS .s;l5n
Uranstons West Point Cornwall, Newburg '3lo. 'Il3,
'o66 .iOib lIsoa m. 4oo. BOO -s'l5n Mi AUD sos
p m. Cransfon's Cornwall. Ncwburg.
For Montreal and Canada Fast 6so5p n. r.,ou,.
Hamilton. London .0:55. m. .C:0a S;lS D. MT 1oronto.
EIs % ccnr. s sr % n % Buuao Niagara rallS Detroit
psy anu S LOUIS ON Other daily except
For tickets timetables paros Or seepngssr aceomwoda
ingtcnst 7s0 FSiion.s Anns. 1niee .cSt Of tntonsf
Nv, snre sstIonS foot oi est AID efJay st. N. IL
"es' S"''S e~ L. h LAMBEkI
Gvanccrbilt-aya General Passenger Agent
New-York tribune., 1887-04-15

CATSKILL EVENING LINE.
~ For CATsKILL and landings. Boats leave Pier 80.
North River foot OF Jay-strcet daily at q y. ~.
For srUYVESAN M AMI ATHENS nom Pier 30. North
River. foot of Franklin street. Tuesdays Thursdays and
Saturdays at same hour.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
L on and after JANUARY 81. 1857.
apEAr TanNK rrrSE


Trains leave Dssbosses and co.tsnds streets
HarrisSnra PistsSurs wess with Pullman psl.o.
s S r%a % smoking and ss.pns sns
s;ss:ss: 7: !: d.; III Sss ::s s;:
For Gehle IeSanon anr 500 m s2o p m and 1918 night
Baltimore Washington and tho south Limited Washing.
s;:,s q snsoa s..ss S.s'
arrive Washington $50 "a; regular ara a. 1p soo % snd ESQ
day. ' c:l5 and Soo n. $50 and and 1918 night
For Atlantic City, except Sunday Through paror carl
For Cape May week days. lilo On Saturdays only.
Long Branch Bay Head function and ntsr%saa.s s:s.
On Sunday. S:i5 a and = do not stop At Asbury
For od Point and Norfolk, via New;Yors. PhIsasphla
snsr ns s vs ss@or. 20 and Bay @ 70 nna
gs:oklyn Anne. connect with al through train:
Trains ayrtve From, Pit..bure 7lo 7:so 1880 m ZOO
sso @ ssd s9s ssTsss
Sa%a{ TPan {Ehs%epsis sIs ss6 @ S S 30
iss
afn sao "Ss S2G soS @ sso 20 osS So ioss '' '''' ''''
FOR PHILADELPHIA
." .ss. T1 Sss sss: via D''0'' and c
go no g. g cnicss. Limited 10 washington Linn.
sss :ss sps ss @ s "a
tsras RI sGG ss1 sis sIssp ss Sunday
ON sns andsys on a. Tor .Sa 70 m and
@ S &C. Ssc s%s
4so 'is s6 81 Sa 5o saSfz Es
Leave PhiIsdelphia Camden daily except
Ticket onco. sae 4ss and s4 Broadway Astor Hocs..
Battery and foot Of Dssore,ses and Cortland ,ts
Brooklyn station City Emgrant Ticket ONCE Cas-
Ths New Company will call for aud check
DasSifs isqn s0sei E PTaE a1a WOOD
NORTHERN RAILROAD OF FNEW-JERSEY.
$ss A sss s: 81
SS n ;s'
ERIE RAILWAY, now known as the NEW
~ YORK, LAKE M EEIE BE 4 AND d wEsTERN M RAILROAD:
Se .s2sr 9 hsS bss' s 1sus ssys s station fifteen min
s e' 9ss ssss'a
'1:s g. sy inS ss
sss eSarss
Pay ass .s
ss aSpP.' ana ssa s
:sS sSes 9SsI 81 sS SO ss
si$ $s$ II: sss ss isss isso sss.s
soS go 3 iso% $50 a. 1873 lSSo Il Sisss nssP M M $50 M
Newark and Paterson. via Newark week days 6:50 500
1882 aaa mo as 'sG s.
suaern week days-l46 SIS. 7so s:so 1920 a. u l:l5
800 $50 500. $780, $40 7:l5. I45 $50 1850 am and ID
midnight. sundays s. l6 $40 1920 u las Ais $50
500 1880 ,. and l2 midnight
Warwick 445 900. l02Qa. 430 70. Sundays 545 M.
Monticello 900 M, 30 o. m.
Nevbnrg and Cornwall 750 900 a. m 2sn 30 80. $50
and 800 m. Sundays $50 m. ano 600 p. m.
Montgomery Rondout and Kingston. 900 NJ. $50 r.
Sundays. $50
Scranton. Dunmoro week days, 900 a NJ. /; 23o D. M
Goshen. 445. 545 So 9O0 1920 a 2;30 $50 800
x90 500. $50 m. Sundays. 545. $3.50 1920 a. m $50,
800 D.
M,ddletown. week davs I:I5. 5:46 75o. 9O0 1920 q m
$50 $3.50. 4:3O, 600 500. $50 n. Sundays, 645. $780,
i020a. M $50. 500 p m. The 900 a train stops as
MRin-st only.
Iervi. AS 75o 800 1920 No. 23o 8:so 4so e0o
SEQ $50 p M. Sundays $50. 1920 900. 03o. 500
p
Tickets passage and apartment. in Drawing Room and
Sleeping Coaches be obtriued and orders check.
ns and transfer q bagg:ge may be ei at the compapys
33l Fntonst, Brooklyn or at the Company's drpots.
EXPRESS trains from The West arrive In NewYork at 7l7
7;47. 100 q. m. and 1000 p
GEO. De HAVEN. A. @. p. Agt L. p. FARMER, G. p Ags
New-York tribune., 1887-04-15
STEAMBOATS, ano Railroads.

A LBANY BOATS-PEOPLE'S LINE.-Pal
~ Steamers DREW and DEAN RICHMOND
leave every week day at at from Pier Al ~ X, foot Of
Cansl..t.
Freight received until the hour OF departure.
A TROY BOATS. CITIZENS LINE. =
~. Steamers CITY OF TROY ana SARATOGA leave
Troy and the North SUNDAY steamer touches at
Albany. Troy Ekcur zion Tickets ~ so.
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financial.
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD
RANKING co. OF GEORGIA.

Holders Of certificates Of stock In the above corporation
for New YORK engraved stock
cericatcs can by forwarding them TO u NJ Cunninr-
ham, Cashier. savannah oa "ho VIII "ia's' ''o s""o w
the York office - =, - ro,,,y., 4. ro
NewYork, Apn o. 1881. ~. ID. mT,m T.anssor "a Sw.
SWALI-ST,. New York,
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proposaIs.
AoEDucT COMMISSIONERS OFFICE. }
ROOM 200, STEWART BUILDING No 80 BRoApwAx !
NEw.YORK April q. 1897.

NEwYoRK Aprl5. lSsI)
ITO CONTRACTORS.
Bids proposals doing he work and furnishing the
the approved form OF contract now on
Tie In the Office OF the Aqnect Commissioners for the con-
struoon OF Additional shaft No 1871 situated on SECTION
OF tho New Cfoon Aqueduct at about station 7yz OU VIII
this the 22d day of April 1887 at
o'clock which place and hour they Will be publicly
opened by the Aqueuc Commissioners and tho award OF INC
for doing said work and furnishing said materials
will be- made by said Commissioners thereafter as
practicable.
approved and the specifications
thereof bids proposals. and proper envelopes for
their enclosure forms bonds and also the plans Tor
said and all other information required can be obtained
ut the above Office OF the Aqueuct Commissioners on app
cation the Secretary
by order Of the Aqueduct Commissioners
JAMES {. SPENCER, President
4, Secre
New-York tribune., 1887-04-15

THE STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT
i RAILROAD COMPANY
ARTHUR KILL BRIDGE. -
Sealed proposals for construction OF the piers and Tenders oil
Kin Bridge will be received at the general ONCE
OF the Island Rapid Transit Kallroa from this dae
until inclusive. Plans and specifications can Do
seen railroad companys Office, foot OF Whtehalsr
Proposals should be marked the outside and addressed 70
the undersigned. .- ...-xxx
Chief Engineer.
New.York. April O. 1887.
New-York tribune., 1887-04-15
Gxcnrsions.
THE NEW LINE
Betwscn NEW.YORK, PHILADELPHIA.
{, and NORFOLK,
OLD POINT COMFORT.
AND THE SOUTH

SIX HOURS SHORTER THAN ANY OTHER ROUTE
- ~, ,.. %, "a 1sss Express for Capo Charles Old
Ioni Comfort and Norfolk via the NewfoIh
ard EoIfolk EeIcrf PsIrsyyeIit fa'rncStauon;
New.YerS at Sr m daily, arriving ct Cape Cherries 900
a m daily Old Point Cor fort sl5 Norfolk s1S a. m
Sieepime Car through from New-York Sare SnsIies
Tickets befbs can be secured NJ e AcAes
Office oithe Penney ivania kaihoaICompany' N cooxr
H. w. DUNNE, -. %; ~, 80 ,art
Superipteudcnc GEM Pass 8uu frcRnt "a to1.
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TO THE HOLDERS or TRUST RECEIPTS FOR
THE NEW.YORK. CHICAGO AND ST. LOCIs
RAILWAY COsIPANY'S EQUIPMENT BONDS.

HALLWAY COlIPANY'S EQUIPMENT BONDS.
yonr in view Of the contemplated
reorganzaton of the York Chicago and ST. Lons Rail
wav ompary Arrangement In respect TO It's equip
ment bonds has been effected as follows:
Total amount OF equipment bonds out 49,. . -.
To be paid in cash by the Re-
cciver within one year from a. ooo m.
Feb IL, 1897 .............-.... 81 ,JOUUOJ
And in hTst MORTGAGE
per cent bonds BY the pur- .oo ann 4, .oo coo m
opfoO,Oot w
This will give TO their holders for each
StOOD; ,,, ,n.,oo
in the provision already made TO mcetieSa 80, ,,,
ard other e1penscsl "1S %
In the new fret mortgage per cent bombs a.. a.,
Of the paDy when reorganized-....--- fH II
$1,000 90
your committee has hand In cash from payments
made by the sufficient to pay 80 per cent on
at the First National and after April ~ on Presenta
ton Trust Receipts and such payment VIII 10 indorsed
thereon. =, .ocr .<,..,-...>
GEORGE r. BAKER Committee.
~. u. MALE,
York. April q 1887 -, -.
For the holders who may wish 10 realize on
their Trust without further delay your he
eac, 81 Holders desiring 10 avail themselves oi
This opportupy (which made subject To recall without
notcel can subject This provision. receive payment or
their the price above noted on Their presoaon
MONEY to loan on bond and mortgage at 4
NI per cent MACLAY. DAVIES WALKER, oJ1
Broadway.
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Ceeal Noiites.

NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF REPORT
IN IN THE MATTER OF THE HARLEM RIVER AND
sPUYTEN DUYVIL CREEK IMPROVEMENT, AND
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A PLEASANT WINTER TRIP.

THE STEAMSHIPS OF THE RED LINE,
Sailing every twelve days for Venezuela s. A. and tno
sand oi Curacoa w L. afford unequaed opportunity 70
those wishing to short voyage to the tropics
American ships specially built for the trade are pro-
with modern appliance for the SAFETY @
and com The round trip IL maze III touE
weeks Passage si44. For particulars apply to
~ BOULTON, BLISS q DAfLETT
General Managers. II Wall-st
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Jnstrnrticn.

Brooklyn.
EfTNHE CRITTENDEN"
i PRIMARY SCHOOL AND kINDEhoAh1H-
FOR BOTH SEXES
at97 Hicksst, cor. Pincappest
Miss H. NJ WHEELER Prnc cpa for the past eight years
charge Of Of the Primary Departments ~ e
Packer Collegiate Institute Spring term begins pfh IL.
FRENCH WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE
New-York tribune., 1887-04-15
BOSTON, NEWPORT, NORTH and EAs

NEW -HAyEN.-Steamers lenve Peck-s
Steamers arrive time sarly gains north and sssS
New-York tribune., 1887-04-15

NORTHERN RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY.
IN Trans leave from Chamberss Station for Epgewood,
Tenany Cioster Spark Hin and Nyack $50, 71O 800
1880 m, l2 midnishs sundays 7io $50 a. n; and
$50. 7lO. $50 m.. 45O $50 y. M. sundays $50
Sp m.
New-York tribune., 1887-04-15

CEx1EAL RAlLRoAD COMPANY or NEwJERsEY }
lig LIBYRTysT.,
NEw.Y onR. April O. 1887.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that the annual
meeting OF the OF the Central Railroad
many OF elect
wear win be held at tho ONCE Of the Company,
In Jersey CITY, between the hours OF II o'clock and
O'Clock y. IN Of Friday, May q, next
transfer book will Friday tho 18th instant
" '' ~ SAMUEL KNOX. Secretary.
New-York tribune., 1887-04-15

NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
IN Notice is hereby given 10 the stockholders OF The
Grand Central Mining Company Ia corporation Of Oho) and
others whom may concern, that special meeting OF
the corporation Will be held At the prncl
nal Office corporation tho City OF Youngstown Oho
Friday tho 18Th day Of Nan 1887 beginning at ii o'clock
! IN. Of said day.
The objects Of meeting TO consider and upon
the transfer by said tho Grand Cen
trail Mining Company Of all its pIvpey TO corporation OF
tho samo name orranzcd undor tho laws Of tho Terri
tory and consider and vote all questions
hich may pertain 10 and Of ecctng such
'A'' 49," N" CHARLES D. ARMS, President
YoUyosIowK. Ohio. April d. 1857.
Connecticut western news., 1887-03-02
Ills Own Detective.

A citizen who had had wolf robe stolen from his cutter, came to police headquarters the other day in towering rage to make complaint, and when he could not be positively assur.d that the detectives would recover the robe he exclaimed:
 "Well, I'll do my own detecting, and I'll show you people a trick or two worth knowing.
 That night he brought his horse and cutter down town, hltched the animal on Randolph street, and before taking up his position in a doorway he threw the robe on the ground, as if it had fallen from the horse. Scores of peo- pie passed without exhibiting any in- terest, but by and by along came chap who picked up the robe. The next mo- ment an iron hand grippcd his collar and a horse-whip began to play aronnd his shoulders, and before he could ex- plain matters he was well licked man. Then he identified himself as book. keeper in respectable house on tho street, and explained that he was about to place the robe in the cutter. He said he thought his feelings had been hurt about $50 worth, but after much talk and many apologies he settled the mat ter for $25. - Detroit Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1887-03-02
The Extremes of City Life.

Is city life favorable to women9 In one respect, yes; in others, most cer- tainly no. had the curiosity to ask the head of one of New York's great dry goods firms the other day if he could give me any idea of the yearly az gregates of the bills of his heaviest custo. mers. Twenty-Five thousand dollars, he told me, one woman had spent with him within @ twelve month, and several others had grown poorer to the tune of $20, 900 to S15, oo0. Thirty thousand dol lars is not unhcard of as the price of the dress and toilet equipments of an extravagant city's cxtravagant danes. At the other end of the social scale the unwomanly employment of tho very poor are before the eyes daily. sec women raking in tho ash barrels for bits of coal, bags of fuel slung upon their backs; women balancing heavy blanks and broken wood on their heads, pill fered from houses in process of erection; 1; women bent in anxiety over the offal buckets for stray morsels to eat, and women on the shanty farms in summer, doing as heavy out of-door drudgery as under any phase of tie old world civlli- zation on which we suppose we have improved. -[ Mil and Express.
Connecticut western news., 1887-03-02
WOlfOrd and MOrglu.

Among those who will retire from Congressional life at the close of the present session is General Wolford, of Kentucky. He was the only man who ever made John H. Morgan, the famous raider, tremble fer his life. Morgan with his command was on one occasion at Campbellsvillc, Ky, and was awak- ened out of his sleep carly in the morn- ing by the announcement that Wolforu's cavalry was entering the town and de- handed his surrender. The Confederate chicftain was quick to act. Without stopping to dress himself, clad only in his und crshirt and drawers, he sprang out of the hotel or tavern in which he was sleeping and ran into the livery sla- be, close at hand, in which eighty men of his command were with their horses put ting up for the night. Hastily forming them for an attack the stable doors were suddenly opened and the little band dashed out. Wolford himself was right at hand and Morgan and his men over- came them before they were fairly aware of what had taken place. Morgan him. self shot Wolford and captured the gen eral and bore him off in triumph. Wol- ford bled freely from his wounds, and the surgeon who accompanied Morgan pronounced his condition dangerous The old man, however, said he was all right, and asked that no concern be felt on account of his condition. Finally ii was deemed best to leave him, for fcal that the continual jolting of the r.de or horseback, particularly when it was nec- essary to go fast, would soon cause hin to die. In the face of protest from Wolford that he was in no danger o1 succumbing from weakness he was aban' doned after being treated as we'll as was possible considering the rapid flight the fugitivcs were compelled 10 make, the surgeon being left with him. Wolforo recovered, and while he himself had met with disaster his command had effcctu- ally dispersed that of Morgan. .-[Cleve land Ton6or
Connecticut western news., 1887-03-02
Creole Peculiarities,

We should not judge a people simply by characteristics so apparent that they strike the most unobserving visitor, who is amused or interested according to the bent of his mind. What is the true character of the Creole2 He has his faults-what people are faultless9--due principally to those two great factors. race and climate. The inherited Gall lie vivacity, overheated by tropical sun, has endowed him with violent pas sions. H. is quick to take offence and slow to forget that the law, not the in. dividual, should avenge injuries. The duello was favorite institu ton of his. It is infrequent now, and we should re- joice in its disuse, but we cannot help ad- mitting that while the ''code of honor" ruled in Louisiana we did not hear of those assassinations and street fights whose frequency In late years has justified the charge of lawlessncss against too high-spirited people. The creole is just acquiring the American goaheaditiveness, for the want of which he has lost so much. This want was injurious to himself, not to others. He was always capable of wonderful activi- ty and endurance; yet in questions of interest in the pursuit of the "almighty dollar" he was often distanced, for he was very apt to shrug his shoulders philosophically and repeat the favorit, old saw he learned from his fathers "Thc game is not worth the candle" '" Even now he may not make great head way in the mad race for wealth. He is not lazy; he is an unambitious, easy going, pleasurc-loving creature, such as a tropical climate often produces. - Magazine oe American History.
Connecticut western news., 1887-03-02
A Dog Lives Forty Days on Water,

At the last meeting of the French So- ciety of Biology Dr. Laborde read an interesting paper, which throws some light on the complicated problem of in- anition raised by the fast of Merlatti. On this occasion, however, the problem concerned dogs and not men. One dog, weighing thirty-on pounds, condemned to complete fast, died on the twentieth day. Another of the same weight and race, but which was allowed to drink water, was still brisk and alive on the twentieth day. The experiment. was continued up to forty days, and might have been pushed longer, the dog being
 in fair state of health. On the twen- ,icth day the dog that died weighed only four pounds; the other one weighed nineteen pounds, and from that moment it lost less in comparison every day, till on the fortieth day it weighed fifteen and one- fourth pounds. During the forty days it drank nearly eight pounds of water, drinking less and less as the fast continued. As regards the question of the resumption of nourishment, the dog settled it by eating two pounds and a half of soup and two pounds of meat without any unpleasant consequences,
 and it is now in st-class condition.
Connecticut western news., 1887-03-02
Value of Street Dirt.

'You will never have clean streets in America," said an Italian gentleman in the Colonnade Hotel yesterday, ''as long as you throw away the dirt. In Italy the cleaning of the streets is sold to the highest bidder at public auction, and the man who gets the contract fairly scrapes the streets to collect all tue dirt he can. Iii then taken to Q factory, where it is pressed into blocks, which arc then sold for fertiliz.ng purposes. You Americans do not seem to know that your street dirt is valuable. think il you would advertise you would find some smart man who would be glad to take ten years contract to clean your streets for nothing. He would get very rich.--TPhiladclp Call.